Alarm over restraint of NHS mental health patients

New figures reveal that girls, young women and black people are more likely to be held down by staff on wards

Alarm over restraint of NHS mental health patients

Patients in mental health units were physically restrained by staff more than 80,000 times last year in Britain, including 10,000 who were held face down or given injections to subdue them, new NHS figures show.

SHOCK SUICIDE SURGE ‘Lack of mental health care’ means more women than ever are now killing themselves

Politician describes suicides as a major national public health concern with increase in women's suicide labelled 'worrying'

SHOCK SUICIDE SURGE ‘Lack of mental health care’ means more women than ever are now killing themselves

BY: SHAUN WOOLLER WOMEN’S suicide rates are at their highest for a decade, alarming new figures reveal. But men are still three times more likely to kill themselves.   An average of 17 people a day took their own life in the UK last year as the overall suicide rate rose slightly from 6,122 in […]